Nisei Daughter (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Kazuko Monica Itoi
- First Published: 1953
- Time of Work: The early 1920’s to the early 1940’s
- Setting: Seattle, Idaho, Chicago, and Indiana
- Principal Characters: Monica Sone, Sumiko Itoi, Henry Seiichi Itoi, Mrs. Itoi, Mr. Itoi, Matsuko
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Culture, Parents and children, Racism, Sexism, Gender roles, World War II, Asian Americans, Japan or Japanese people, Japanese Americans
- Locales: Chicago, IL, Seattle, WA, Indiana, Idaho
Form and Content
Monica Sone’s Nisei Daughter is written in a narrative that is chronological. The author does not use flashbacks or dwell on memory and the past; rather, she is forward-looking as she gives an account of the high points of her life. In content and in tone, the book is very approachable, with uncomplicated vocabulary and descriptive images that allow the modern reader entry into the author’s world of the 1920’s and 1930’s. The entire story is told from Sone’s perspective as she details her personal experiences and relationships, though the...
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